Lori A. A.

Joined November 2025

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Teacher. Writer. Tech Enthusiast.

I write stories, reflections, and insights from a life lived curiously; sharing the lessons, the chaos, and the light in between.

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Is having a boyfriend really embarrassing now?
I came across it this morning while scrolling through my phone, still half-asleep, my mind racing ahead of my thumb. “Dating men nowadays is embarrassing.”
By Lori A. A.13 days ago in Humans
IN THE SILENCE, I HEAR MY NAME AGAIN
Night wraps itself around my windowpane, reminding me of the words I never said. In the quiet, I hear my name again. You once whispered comfort when I was struggling;
By Lori A. A.29 days ago in Poets
WHAT WE LOST STILL FINDS ITS WAY HOME
I thought I had let the ache wander away, buried it deep, closing that chapter for good. But what we lost somehow always finds its way back.
By Lori A. A.29 days ago in Poets
Where Yesterday Still Breathes
I keep returning to the road I should not take, even though every sign tells me that time has closed that door, the heart remembers more than it can break.
By Lori A. A.30 days ago in Poets
The Sword of Damocles
Let me ask you something. Be honest, even if you only answer in your own mind: Have you ever dreamed of living someone else’s life, only to later realise you were blessed not to?
By Lori A. A.about a month ago in Humans
The Road Less Travelled
There is a path that curves where no maps point, a quiet turn past the signs you know, a narrow path where few who are afraid will go,
By Lori A. A.about a month ago in Poets
CHAPTER 3: Cracks in the Mask
The park was quieter tonight, almost as if the city was giving Hana and the stranger a moment to themselves. Lanterns flickered gently, and the petals now lay thick on the stone paths, creating a soft, fragrant carpet.
By Lori A. A.about a month ago in Chapters
One-Sided Love Is Slow Suicide
You keep giving, and they just keep taking. You hold onto hope, but they drift away. Yet somehow, you still call that love.
By Lori A. A.about a month ago in Poets
CHAPTER 2: Shared Silence
Hana returned to Maruyama Park earlier than she meant to. She told herself she wasn’t waiting for him. She just needed another walk, another breath of night air, free from tradition or expectation. Still, her feet took her back to the same winding path, the same glowing lanterns, and the same weeping Sakura tree that had sheltered her the night before.
By Lori A. A.about a month ago in Chapters
What Echoes Never Let Us Leave. Top Story - December 2025.
The memory of you returns though the years have passed away, my heart still calls out your name. Some shadows hold on to the last bit of light.
By Lori A. A.about a month ago in Poets
CHAPTER 1: The First Night of Sakura
The air in Maruyama Park carried a hint of spring. It was cool and sweet, filled with the gentle scent of Sakura. Lanterns glowed softly, and petals drifted down in slow spirals, gathering at Hana Okamoto’s feet as she hurried along the stone path, her breath quickening.
By Lori A. A.about a month ago in Chapters
The Vaulted Silence
For seventeen years, I stayed away from the room at the top of our family home in Nashville. Then a death, a key, and a fragile recording finally made me enter the memory my family tried hardest to forget.
By Lori A. A.about a month ago in Fiction

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Is having a boyfriend really embarrassing now?

IN THE SILENCE, I HEAR MY NAME AGAIN

WHAT WE LOST STILL FINDS ITS WAY HOME

Where Yesterday Still Breathes

The Sword of Damocles

The Road Less Travelled

CHAPTER 3: Cracks in the Mask

One-Sided Love Is Slow Suicide

CHAPTER 2: Shared Silence

What Echoes Never Let Us Leave. Top Story - December 2025.

CHAPTER 1: The First Night of Sakura

The Vaulted Silence

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